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Les Miles = Sausage
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:42 pm
I've learned something watching Les Miles and LSU for the last 9 years: With Miles, you have to approach a football game and season like a good sausage - look only at the end product, not what it looked like as it was being made.
Every year and every game, he does things that make any knowledgeable football fan cringe. But despite all his buffoonery, his teams win a lot! His record over the last 9 seasons is phenomenal. He's had unbelievable success in the only stat that matters, the W-L line. He has LSU squarely in the very upper echelon of college football.
You can't concentrate on what he does in-game -- you have to look at the end result and the games/seasons as a whole.
For example, this year they lost 11 starters to the NFL and - even though playing in the toughest division of the toughest conference and having one of the toughest schedules in the country - won 10 games (yet again) and a major bowl game.
For example, in this game, he played a tough team with a great defense and had to do it with a 19-year-old true freshman QB and missing his best defensive player. But they got the W.
So, with Miles, you just can't watch the sausage being made. You have to appreciate what it tastes like after the creation process.
Every year and every game, he does things that make any knowledgeable football fan cringe. But despite all his buffoonery, his teams win a lot! His record over the last 9 seasons is phenomenal. He's had unbelievable success in the only stat that matters, the W-L line. He has LSU squarely in the very upper echelon of college football.
You can't concentrate on what he does in-game -- you have to look at the end result and the games/seasons as a whole.
For example, this year they lost 11 starters to the NFL and - even though playing in the toughest division of the toughest conference and having one of the toughest schedules in the country - won 10 games (yet again) and a major bowl game.
For example, in this game, he played a tough team with a great defense and had to do it with a 19-year-old true freshman QB and missing his best defensive player. But they got the W.
So, with Miles, you just can't watch the sausage being made. You have to appreciate what it tastes like after the creation process.
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Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:43 pm to Buda
He's the anti-process. All results.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:48 pm to Buda
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:50 pm to Buda
It sucks that college football is such a beauty pageant. Winning is what really matters, but apparently that isn't good enough.
That is the one thing I like better about the NFL in that all you have to do is win. It doesn't matter if it is by 1 point or 50, as long as you get the W.
That is the one thing I like better about the NFL in that all you have to do is win. It doesn't matter if it is by 1 point or 50, as long as you get the W.
This post was edited on 1/1/14 at 9:51 pm
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:53 pm to Buda
I like sausage!
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:53 pm to Buda
Results are all that matter.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:54 pm to Buda
Miles is a great "sausage" I guess, but it doesn't mean that there aren't better ingredients out there (or lessons to be learned) that can be added to the recipe.
This post was edited on 1/1/14 at 9:56 pm
Posted on 1/1/14 at 10:14 pm to Buda
just the best 9 years of my life!
somehow, I just decided to support lm the day he was hired. it's kinda like watching my kids grow up. I always loved them, even when they were learning life lessons. I'm glad I did, and I'm glad I do.
somehow, I just decided to support lm the day he was hired. it's kinda like watching my kids grow up. I always loved them, even when they were learning life lessons. I'm glad I did, and I'm glad I do.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 10:32 pm to Buda
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look only at the end product, not what it looked like as it was being made.
So do not actually watch any of the games, just check the box score after the fact. That sounds so satisfying and worth it.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 10:41 pm to Buda
Using your analogy, I think he's a cross between a hot dog and a sausage. We should expect a nice perfectly smoked andouille and we've become happy with a koegels Vienna. Still really good and nothing to complain about until you eat them side by side. No comparison, and IMO, we should not settle for the lesser that will never be different.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 11:02 pm to Buda
As much as I scratch my head at some of the things that he does and sometimes I get so mad that if I had any hair left I would pull it out, but I have to agree with you 100 percent. 
Posted on 1/1/14 at 11:09 pm to Buda
Winning this bowl was a big deal. Losing 3 of the last 4 was a trend. Hopefully it's reversed for a while, we'll see, but we have another positive message for the kids we are trying to recruit, the D finished the season well and we'll get most of them back. Cameron will have at least 3 talented kids to work with. Hopefully we can find that extra gear again and return to ATL.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 11:21 pm to Buda
With the quality of his recruiting you would hope he could do more than make a good sausage.
Doing a lot with much less would be satisfactory sausage making.
Doing a lot with much less would be satisfactory sausage making.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:22 am to Buda
Les is the best head coach LSU has ever had. We should fire him. I like my sausage pre cooked ready to win a title before its out of the package.
Also I want the back up qb. Don't care what his name is or that an NFL coach thinks the starter is better. I want the back up qb. Even if Jennings is the back up, I want the back up.
Also I want the back up qb. Don't care what his name is or that an NFL coach thinks the starter is better. I want the back up qb. Even if Jennings is the back up, I want the back up.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:50 am to Buda
Fourth 10-win season in a row, 7 of 9 overall. 6-3 in bowls. It doesn't matter how it happens, just that it happens.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 1:22 am to Buda
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Every year and every game, he does things that make any knowledgeable football fan cringe. But despite all his buffoonery, his teams win a lot! His record over the last 9 seasons is phenomenal. He's had unbelievable success in the only stat that matters, the W-L line. He has LSU squarely in the very upper echelon of college football.
Watching all collage football teams play will make you cringe at some point , remember these are kids they are coaching ....
does clm make mistakes , sure he does but no more than any other coach in collage football ....
Posted on 1/2/14 at 2:48 am to Buda
Les IS like sausage! Because sausage has no clue what's happening during a football game.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 5:37 am to Buda
I agree with your point, but couldn't you have made the season an omelet instead?
You know, as in the saying "you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet..."?
You know, as in the saying "you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet..."?
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:23 am to Buda
I unfortunately like to watch the season as its being played/made as its a game for our entertainment. It's like watching a new born learn to eat. You just want to grab the spoon from him and feed it to him instead of him dropping most of it on the floor and wiping the rest on his cheeks while a small amount actually gets eaten but just enough to satisfy his appetite. That's a Les Miles game for you.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 7:30 am to Buda
Love me some Les. Yeah he's quirky. Yeah he makes me scratch my head often. Yeah clock management has been an issue a handful of times. Yeah he talks weird and acts goofy.
But that dude knows how to recruit, knows how to motivate, knows how to work LSUs brand into the national media, and he just flat out knows how to run a successful program that has nestled itself into college football's perennial elite club.
Call him an idiot. Call him overpaid. Call him stubborn. All those things are accurate occasionally. But you can also call him LSUs head coach, and as long as they're calling him that, I'm behind him and his program 100%.
Les + LSU is an eccentric match made in heaven. Now if we could just get Saban out of Tuscaloosa, we'd be set for another 5-10 years.
But that dude knows how to recruit, knows how to motivate, knows how to work LSUs brand into the national media, and he just flat out knows how to run a successful program that has nestled itself into college football's perennial elite club.
Call him an idiot. Call him overpaid. Call him stubborn. All those things are accurate occasionally. But you can also call him LSUs head coach, and as long as they're calling him that, I'm behind him and his program 100%.
Les + LSU is an eccentric match made in heaven. Now if we could just get Saban out of Tuscaloosa, we'd be set for another 5-10 years.
This post was edited on 1/2/14 at 7:37 am
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